CONTENTS. 



Sortie Curious Aquatic Larvae (Plate/— By Geo. Swainson, F.L.S. . 



A Catalogue of Irish Coleoptera -By Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A.. F.E.S 



Synonymic List of the Genera of the British Araneidea — By Rev. F. O 



Pickard-Cambridge, M.A ........ 



Development of Social Instincts— By A. J. Jolley 



Reports of Societies .. .. .. .. .. 



Notes : Anser Egyptiacus in South Lancashire . . . . ... 



Exchange. \ 

 Notices to Correspondents. 



The following are some of the Papers which will appear 

 <e THE BRITISH NATURALIST " during the year :— 



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The Life History of a Sponge. R. Hanitsch. Ph.D. Plates. 

 Some Curious Aquatic Larvse. Geo. Swainson, F.L.S. Plates. 

 Extracts from " Sylva Sylvarum." A. E. Hall. 

 Sugaring Notes. 



Habits of Larva and Parasites on Orthosia Upsilon. J. COLLINS. 

 Bibliography of British Spiders. Rev. F. O PiCKARD-CAMBRlDGE, M.A. 

 Early Man. Joseph Smith, F.R.S.A., M.R.I.A. Plates. 

 Rhopalocera of the Isle of Man. H. Shortridge Clarke, Esq. 

 Synonymic List of British Spiders. Rev. F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A. 

 Water. E. Bowden, M.R.C.S. 



Evolution of the Vegetable Stem. A. J. Gillanders. 

 Crag Polyzoa. J. Smith, F.L.S. 

 The Greenfinch. Arthur Jackson. 

 Notes on Pond Life. S. Parsonage. Plates. 



Evolution of the Spider. Linn/eus Greening, F.L.S., M.R.I.A. Plates. 



Bird Notes. Philornis. 



Byways of Botany. J. P. Soutter. 



Gossiping Notes on Coleoptera. By G. A. LewcOCK, F.E.S. 

 Angling Notes. A Day on the River Gowy. W. H. J. Jenkins, Esq. 

 Microscopical Notes from Note Book. 



